This paper focuses on the teaching of mathematical modelling during the first year of
experimental sciences university degrees. Within the frame of the Anthropological Theory of …

Taking the example of teaching mathematical modelling in university degrees, this paper
focuses on how the unit of analysis adopted by different research frameworks in …

Mathematics education research has been somewhat short of its own paradigmatic theories
(see ZDM, 2005, issue 6 and ZDM 2006, issue 1 for an ongoing discussion). Theories are …

Recent research on the teaching and learning of mathematical modelling highlights the
existence of strong institutional constraints impinging on the largescale dissemination of …

Mathematical models and mathematical modeling play different roles in the different areas
and problems in which they are used. The function and status of mathematical modeling and …

We have a large and growing collection of didactical research on mathematical modelling.
Moreover this research even seems to have had a serious impact on the practices of …

The aim of this paper is explain how the notion of “study and research course”, a recent
construct in the anthropological theory of didactics, provides a general tool to model …

This open access book is based on selected presentations from Topic Study Group 21:
Mathematical Applications and Modelling in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at …

One of the chapters of the new Dutch handbook of didactics of mathematics, which is
currently being written by a team of didacticians, concerns mathematical modelling. This …

Many studies consider initial teacher training and professional development a crucial lever
for a wider introduction of modelling and applications. Despite the efforts made in recent …